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Practise scoring tries

admin wrote 5 days ago: When Jacque Fourie went over for the South African’s third try, he exhibited good technique: … more →

Tags: Rugby Coaching, Rugby Training, good rugby technique, jaque fourie, scoring tries

Bloody Press Camp

outsidepr wrote 1 week ago: So the final night’s entertainment at the inaugural Bicycle Press Camp featured a killer BBQ i … more →

Tags: Bloody Hands, Bicycle Press Camp

Rugby Skills

bmcallis wrote 1 week ago: You are to prepare a skills session based around the skills outlined below. These are to be presente … more →

Tags: Uncategorized

How punt the ball better US style

admin wrote 2 weeks ago: These men get a lot of money to punt a ball. So it is worth learning how they do it and how the … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, drop punt, learning from gridiron, spiral punt, US Football

French flair doesn't beat the All Blacks

admin wrote 2 weeks ago: Sometimes you can be quietly pleased with yourself. Since I wrote my blog about French flair on … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, rugby defence, France, France v All Blacks June 2009, flair rugby, Rugby basics, preserving space

Great rugby tennis tackle

admin wrote 3 weeks ago: Good body position with the tackler landing on top of the player. In a strong positon to … more →

Tags: Rugby Training, Roger Federer, rugby tackling, Tennis

Rugby skills and conditioning drill1 comment

admin wrote 3 weeks ago: Here is a clip from a Rugby Coaching Videos DVD on skills and conditioning. An excellent drill … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, International Rugby Technical Journal, cardiff blues, Dan Biggar, Gethin Watts, Keith Holifield, Rugby coaching videos, rugby conditioning

Mike Cron, the scrum guru

admin wrote 1 month ago: Here is an interesting insight into how Mike Cron, the All Blacks scrum coach, approaches scrum … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Training

If you wanted to win the league, who would you coach?

admin wrote 1 month ago: Imagine you had any team or any player to choose from. Money was no object. Your only aim, to win th … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, Rugby Training, Selection, training to win, creating better players

The most vital coaching area with the lineout ELVs

admin wrote 1 month ago: The most important lineout ELV has changed back to the old law of matching numbers. The other lineo … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, ELVs, Rugby Coaching, lifting in the lineout, Lineouts, mauling, mauls, short lineouts

Choosing the best rugby defence

admin wrote 1 month ago: Having sat in a couple of planning meetings recently on rugby defensive structures, it is clear that … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, rugby defence, coaching defence, Rugby Tackle, rugby tackling, The Huddle

Gridiron coaching styles and techniques

admin wrote 1 month ago: I enjoyed this clip for a number of reasons. I am going to replicate some of the ideas for my S … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, Amercian football coaching, Gridiron, tackle technique, footwork in defence

Rugby wrestling drills

admin wrote 1 month ago: Here are some basic ideas for rugby wrestling drills from Rugby World. The drills are rugby spe … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Fitness, rugby wrestling, rugby fitness drills, Rugby World magazine

Winning the tackle contest by being "slow"

admin wrote 2 months ago: Here are some excellent videos from the Put me in Coach! blog, written by Lisa Rosen. Lisa … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, Rugby Training, women's rugby, Lisa Rosen, Eamonn Hogan, master of disaster, tackle contest coaching, rugby breakdown

What showing off can bring to the game

admin wrote 2 months ago: You can’t coach this, but can provide the environment for players to try it out… It … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, high skills, kick and chase, Rugby League, scoring tries, Showing Off

Scrummaging square and balanced

admin wrote 2 months ago: Real power and precision in this video. Read about the biomechanics of these scrums from the w … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, Rugby Training, Doug McClymont, New Zealand All Black, Scrum, scrum power, scrummaging precision

Why showing off promotes skills

admin wrote 2 months ago: I was up in Pontypridd last night to interview Paul John, the World Cup winning sevens coach for Wal … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, Rugby Training, Showing Off, practising core rugby skills, spin passing, sevens coaching

Templates for good rugby coaching1 comment

admin wrote 2 months ago: What you see is what you correct. You need to know what is right, and right for the players you are … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, coaching u9s, coaching under 10s, rugby good practice, rugby templates, passing skills, handling skills

Don't stop at the ruck

admin wrote 2 months ago: Watch this video and look at how both teams struggle to win either clean ruck ball or any ruck ball … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, rugby rucks, coaching rucking, clearing out threats at the ruck


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